{"id":72951,"date":"2016-03-22T07:22:41","date_gmt":"2016-03-22T11:22:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=72951"},"modified":"2016-03-22T07:22:41","modified_gmt":"2016-03-22T11:22:41","slug":"seniors-walk-runway-nyc-senior-centre-fashion-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2016\/03\/22\/seniors-walk-runway-nyc-senior-centre-fashion-show\/","title":{"rendered":"Seniors walk the runway at NYC senior centre fashion show"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_72952\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-72952\" style=\"width: 604px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/12513764_1013481535376941_6214966930025361779_o.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-72952\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-72952\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/12513764_1013481535376941_6214966930025361779_o-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"(Facebook photo)\" width=\"604\" height=\"403\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/12513764_1013481535376941_6214966930025361779_o-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/12513764_1013481535376941_6214966930025361779_o-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/12513764_1013481535376941_6214966930025361779_o-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/12513764_1013481535376941_6214966930025361779_o.jpg 1350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 604px) 100vw, 604px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-72952\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">(Facebook photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>NEW YORK \u2013 Wearing colorful outfits and high-heeled shoes, a group of senior citizens took to the red carpet Friday at a New York City senior centre\u2019s third annual fashion show.<\/p>\n<p>Some of the models at the Carter Burden\/Leonard Covello Senior Program\u2019s fashion show wore outfits they had made in the centre\u2019s sewing class.<\/p>\n<p>Rachel Oddman was met with roaring applause and cheers as she strutted down the red carpet at the senior centre in Manhattan\u2019s East Harlem neighbourhood in an outfit she created herself. Others, like Ruth Isaac, wore more traditional outfits. She modeled a Calvin Klein outfit that she altered.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe joy of a fashion show like this is that it celebrates beauty at any age,\u201d said William Dionne, the centre\u2019s executive director.<\/p>\n<p>Before the seniors took to the runway, they shared laughs together as they had their makeup done by volunteers from Macy\u2019s.<\/p>\n<p>The senior centre provides meals, day trips, computer training and other services. It also helps clients apply for government benefits and access medical care.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEW YORK \u2013 Wearing colorful outfits and high-heeled shoes, a group of senior citizens took to the red carpet Friday &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":72952,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[1080],"class_list":["post-72951","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fashion-and-beauty","tag-ap","mauthors-the-associated-press"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72951","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=72951"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72951\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/72952"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=72951"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=72951"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=72951"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}